Author: Ross Wintle

I don't buy many clothes.

I don't like buying clothes.

But I needed to buy clothes.

And so I bought clothes.

And it was fun!!

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/01/new-clothes/

Help! AV advice needed.

I have an office with low-level background noise.

I’ve tried a condenser mic and they pick up EVERYTHING!!!

I’ve tried a dynamic mic and I need to really have it in my face to eliminate the noise and it’s looks stupid (but sounds awesome).

I’m currently trying a cheap(er) wired lavalier mic and this seems like a good compromise.

Should I:
a) Now I’ve proven it’s good invest in a wireless lav mic?
b) Do something else? Shotgun/directional mic? Hide under a duvet?

What an incredible run. I have loved Tom Scott's curiosity, intelligence, humour and humility.

His final Monday video after 10 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DKv5H5Frt0

Thank you, Tom!

Today is not a great start to the year. I have a stinking cold and am in bed with my body saying “NOT TODAY, THANK YOU!!!”.

Will start the new routines and stuff tomorrow.

Maybe.

✏️ Remember Wordle? I LOVE puzzles, and we've accumulated quite a few fun things to do each day as a family. We generally do some of these over the breakfast table. It's AMAZING that all this stuff exists and is so accessible. Here's our favourites.

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/01/puzzles/

✏️ I made a(nother) static site generator!

What? Why?

https://rosswintle.uk/2023/12/i-made-another-static-site-generator/

(FINALLY got this written and published. It’s not a great piece of writing. My thoughts are all over the place. But this was fun to make.)

Flip! When did Alpine.js become 43KB? Eeek!

🤔 I'm not a big end-of-year/start-of-year post guy. But 2023 did become rather chaotic, and I want to start 2024 with some energy and discipline. So… how?

https://rosswintle.uk/2023/12/2024-self-improvement-and-habits/

“Stop writing a bulleted list in the #WordPress block editor" is the new “Exit Vim”

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Really want to code and write today, but I'm in bed with lurgy. Must rest. 🤒

If you're a #WordPress dev contemplating taking on a tricky challenge for 2024 that will level-up your skills… maybe…

Don't forget that there's a daily WordlePress challenge at https://wordlepress.com/

A hard one today…

Argh! I gave up on today's #WordlePress after 14 guesses. 😭😭😭

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Test your #WordPress dev knowledge at https://wordlepress.com/

I know this is probably an ancient JAMStack thing, but is there a really simple, cheap, cloud-based database/key-value store with a simple get/put API and simple auth?

Happy to self-host (this may be preferable, in fact).